Downstream Marketing Director, Advanced Wound Therapies

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Job Description:

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

Position Summary

The Downstream Marketing Director, Advanced Wound Therapies, serves as the global business leader for the Advanced Wound Therapies portfolio which includes the suite of negative pressure therapies for wound and incision management, as well as a growing biologics business. This role has full accountability for the global P&L and leads the global portfolio marketing team responsible for brand strategy, lifecycle management, and global commercialization planning. In this role, you will define strategic priorities, allocate marketing investments, and partner cross-functionally to ensure profitable growth across all relevant geographies. As a people leader, you will develop and empower a high-performing team, build strong collaboration with regional commercial teams and global functional partners to execute the strategy and achieve business results. Responsibilities will include the following:

Business Leadership

• Own global P&L for portfolio, ensuring achievement of revenue, gross margin, and operating income goals
• Develop long-range strategic plans and annual operating plans, forecasts, and financial outlooks in collaboration with finance, supply chain, region and global function leaders
• Lead portfolio pricing, margin optimization, and resource allocation decisions to maximize profitability
• Monitor performance against plan and take proactive actions to address gaps or capitalize on emerging opportunities
• Serve as the business lead for investment prioritization, cost management, and portfolio trade-off decisions

Global Portfolio & Brand Strategy

• Define global brand and portfolio strategies, ensuring clear positioning, differentiation, and alignment with customer needs
• Collaborate with Upstream Marketing to shape innovation roadmaps, develop commercialization plans and ensure successful transition of ownership post-commercialization of new products
• Partner with Strategy & Business Development to identify and evaluate opportunities for partnerships and support diligence and post-deal integration
• Oversee development of global campaign frameworks, messaging, and promotional toolkits for adaptation by regional teams

Performance Management

• Partner with Strategic Marketing team to analyze market trends, share performance, and pricing dynamics to inform strategy and financial forecasting
• Lead business performance reviews, presenting results, insights, and forward plans
• Establish dashboards and KPIs that track both commercial and financial performance at the portfolio / product level

Region and Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner with regional marketing, sales, operations, and finance teams to ensure alignment on targets and execution plans
• Collaborate with clinical, medical affairs, and regulatory teams to ensure evidence generation supports commercial claims and pricing strategies
• Work clo